Library Guides: Sustainable Development: Latin America: Welcome to LAL's Sustainable Development in Latin America Research Guide

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Welcome to the Latin American Sustainable Development Research Guide where you can find tips and information to help you navigate LAL resources.

Visit us at the Latin American Library, located on the fourth floor of Howard-Tilton Memorial Library. The Latin American Library Offices are open Monday-Friday, 8:30am-5:00pm. Our general collections are open 7 days a week.

CIA World Factbook
"The World Factbook provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities."

Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)
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Business and political intelligence for more than 200 countries. Reports and Services include: Country Reports, Global Forecasting, Events, and Risk Briefings (formerly Viewswire).

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Economic Surveys
Find OECD economic surveys and reviews for: Brazil, China, Colombia, Costa Rica and Mexico

South America, Central America and the Caribbean 2016
Call Number: F1408.29 .S68 (Latest edition at LAL Reference)
ISBN: 9781857437850
In addition to analysis of current politics and elections, this encyclopedia, which is updated annually, contains country surveys and individual chapters on each country, comprising of: - essays on the geography, recent history and economy of each country - a statistical survey - a full directory section - a select bibliography. It also contains regional information, such as a directory of research institutes and bibliographies of books and journals covering Latin America and the Caribbean.